onttoveren

Dutch

Etymology

Equivalent to ont- (“dis”) +‎ toveren (“to perform magic, enchant”). The sociological definition is a Calque of German entzauberen (“to disenchant”), which was used by the sociologist Max Weber.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɔntˈtoː.və.rə(n)/

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• Hyphenation: ont‧to‧ve‧ren

Verb

onttoveren

1. (transitive) to disenchant, to remove magic
2. (transitive, sociology) to disenchant, the process of cultural rationalization and devaluation of religion.

Inflection

Conjugation of onttoveren (weak, prefixed)
infinitive	onttoveren
past singular	onttoverde
past participle	onttoverd
infinitive	onttoveren
gerund	onttoveren n
	present tense	past tense
1st person singular	onttover	onttoverde
2nd person sing. (jij)	onttovert, onttover2	onttoverde
2nd person sing. (u)	onttovert	onttoverde
2nd person sing. (gij)	onttovert	onttoverde
3rd person singular	onttovert	onttoverde
plural	onttoveren	onttoverden
subjunctive sing.1	onttovere	onttoverde
subjunctive plur.1	onttoveren	onttoverden
imperative sing.	onttover
imperative plur.1	onttovert
participles	onttoverend	onttoverd
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.